NAPA COUNTY BASELINE DATA REPORT CHAPTER 7 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CHRONOLOGY OF UPDATE PURPOSE NOVEMBER 30, 2005—VERSION 1 The purpose of this chapter is to provide a summary of baseline conditions of the major public health and safety hazards in Napa County. These include three human-made hazards: vehicular accidents, crime, and hazardous materials spills; and three natural hazards: seismically-related hazards, wildland fires, and flooding. In addition, emergency response centers are outlined and County health statistics are reviewed. ST. HELENA HOSPITAL NAPA COUNTY BASELINE DATA REPORT: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................7-ii TABLES INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................7-1 Table 7-1: Persons Killed or Injured in Traffic Accidents by County – 2002..............................7-13 Purpose ..................................................................................................................................7-1 Table 7-2: Reported Crimes per 100,000 Population per Year for the State and Various Counties (2003).....................................................................................................7-13 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS................................................................................................................7-1 Table 7-3: Summary of Traffic Accident Statistics, Napa County, 1993-2003...........................7-15 Federal Policies ......................................................................................................................7-1 Table 7-4: City of Napa Traffic Accidents, 1999-2003...............................................................7-15 State Policies..........................................................................................................................7-3 Table 7-5: Top Intersection Traffic Collision Locations Napa County, January 2002 – County Policies.......................................................................................................................7-6 December 2004.....................................................................................................7-16 Table 7-6: Total Number of Reported Crimes per Year in Napa County 1993-2003.................7-16 METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................................................7-10 Table 7-7: Reported Crimes per 100,000 Population per Year 1993-2003 ...............................7-16 Definition of Study Area........................................................................................................7-10 Table 7-8: Crime Statistics for Areas under the Jurisdiction of Napa County Sheriff’s Technical Approach..............................................................................................................7-10 Department............................................................................................................7-17 Table 7-9: Reported Crimes in Napa County by Jurisdiction 2003............................................7-18 REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES ............................................7-13 Table 7-10: Pesticide Persistence in Soil ....................................................................................7-21 Human-Made Hazards..........................................................................................................7-13 Table 7-11: Significant Historic Earthquake Activity – Napa County ...........................................7-23 Natural Hazards....................................................................................................................7-14 Table 7-12: Fire Hazard Severity Ranking per Evaluation Area..................................................7-27 COUNTYWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS ...................................................................7-14 Table 7-13: Age Adjusted Death Rate (per 100,000 people).......................................................7-28 Human-Made Hazards..........................................................................................................7-14 Table 7-14: Births per Year in Napa County................................................................................7-28 Natural Hazards....................................................................................................................7-22 Table 7-15: Infant Deaths in Napa County ..................................................................................7-29 Public Health.........................................................................................................................7-28 CONCLUSIONS AND REPORT UPDATE RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................7-30 MAPS Human-Made Hazards..........................................................................................................7-30 Follows page Natural Hazards....................................................................................................................7-31 Report Update Recommendations........................................................................................7-32 Map 7-1: Top Intersection Traffic Collision Locations ..................................................................7-35 Map 7-2: Hazardous Sites (Napa Valley Floor)............................................................................7-35 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................7-34 Map 7-3: Fire Hazard Severity .....................................................................................................7-35 Map 7-4: Flood Zones..................................................................................................................7-35 FIGURES Figure 7-1: Reported Crimes per 100,000 Population in Napa County (1993-2003)................... 7-16 Figure 7-2: Total Number of Reported Crimes in Napa County (2003) ....................................... 7-17 Figure 7-3: Fire Hazard Severity Model....................................................................................... 7-26 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY – VERSION 1, NOVEMBER 2005 -7-i- NAPA COUNTY BASELINE DATA REPORT LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS BDR Baseline Data Report OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Cal ARP California Accidental Release Prevention Program OES Office of Emergency Services Cal/EPA California Environmental Protection Agency PCB poly-chlorinated biphenyl CCR California Code of Regulations PCE perchloroethylene CDF California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection PNPL Proposed National Priorities List CDJ California Department of Justice Porter-Cologne Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability PRC California Public Resources Code Information System PVC polyvinyl chloride CESQG conditionally exempt small quantity generator RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act CHP California Highway Patrol RCRIS Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board RTP Regional Transportation Plan CUPA Certified Unified Program Agency RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board DEM Department of Environmental Management SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure DHS California Department of Health Services SQG small quantity generator DTSC Department of Toxic Substance Control SRA state responsibility area EMD Emergency Management Division SSURGO Soil Survey Geographic EOC Emergency Operations Center SWIS Solid Waste Information System EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency TCE tetracholorethene G gravity UBC Uniform Building Code GIS Geographic information system USBOR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation HMBP Hazardous Materials Business Plan Program USFS U.S. Forest Service HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development USGS U.S. Geological Survey LOP Local Oversight Program UST Underground Storage Tank LQG large quantity generator VOC volatile organic compound LUFT leaking underground fuel tank LUST leaking underground storage tank MTBE methyl tertiary butyl ether MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission NEHRP National Earthquake Loss Reduction Program NEP National Earthquake Loss Reduction Program NFIP National Flood Insurance Program NPL National Priorities List NVP Napa Valley Petroleum, Inc. -7-ii- PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY – VERSION 1, NOVEMBER 2005 NAPA COUNTY BASELINE DATA REPORT INTRODUCTION HAZARDOUS AND CONTAMINATED SITES Federal Hazardous Substances Act of 1960 his chapter identifies and provides a discussion of the major public health and safety hazards The Federal Hazardous Substances Act requires that certain hazardous household products bear in Napa County. These include three human-made hazards: vehicular accidents, crime, and T cautionary labeling to alert consumers to the potential hazards that those products present and to hazardous materials spills; and three natural hazards: seismically related hazards, wildland inform them of the measures they need to protect themselves from those hazards. The Act gives the fires, and flooding. In addition, emergency